The Curtis Harrington Short Film Collection Deluxe Combo DVD/Blu-ray Edition Features

The Four Elements (1966) is a poetic and avant-garde documentary Harrington made for the United States Information Agency. The Fall of the House of Usher (1942) is the original film—made by Harrington when was in high school—from which Usher is based.A short interview shot by filmmakers Tyler Hubby and Jeffrey Schwarz, who are responsible for the documentary House of Harrington (2009).A 2003 interview with Harrington made courtesy of the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. An enclosed booklet contains notes on the films’ restorations by Academy Film Archive preservationist Mark Toscano and an essay by Lisa Janssen.